The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-03-05
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE,
First Spring Month-Cleveland and the
Presidency-The Darby Fire-Mr.
Morrison in Politics-Earth-
Quakes, &c, &c.

BALTIMORE, March LIST, 1887.
Messrs. Editors This is the first day of the
first spring month and it is not much like spring
there is q good deal of snow on the ground and
the temperature for the past few days down to
freezing point The snow of last Friday was
quite general and very severe, accompanied in
many places by heavy gales. The ground in your
own county has been frozen, which operated
against blowing. 1 recollect going to Towson
town several years ago, the day before New Years
when it was very mild and some persons wore
blowing en- route. Cold came, however, a few
days after and we had rather a hard winter.
There is some talk of holding an extra session
of Congress, but let me hope it may be averted, a
if they once got In an extra session there is nc
telling when they would reach an adjournment
A very fair amount of business has been done and
there is no special reason to complain. Let the
members go home and prepare for next year, as il
promises to be an important one.
see some move is being made towards bring
ing out Democratic opposition candidate to Mr.
Cleveland for the next Presidency. do not take
much part in politics myself, but if our President
is to be of the same party that rules see nc
reason why Mr.. Cleveland should not be given
another chance to be candidate He certainly
has made good President thus far and has time
still to improve. He is conservative, sensible and
all that is necessary to make good and safe ruler
He stands high and well with both parties and
mas many arQenL IrlenuS IN pdrLS Oh Inc
He has been President of the whole people, what
we want, and intends to be. My impression il
that his friends of his party will be wrong in
opposing him at this time in being a candidate il
so disposed. He certainly is as popular as par.
tisan could be at the present time and likely tc
continue more so. His friends, therefore, will dc
well to "look ere they leap" or think carefully be-
fore acting. The fact of his being conservative
and DESTROYS of being President of the people, do
bak hah ol m ha rio ia wh tend
make him popular. If, therefore, Democrat il
to be the next chief ruler the indications thus far
are in his favor. The opposition will, of course
oppose him as party.
am glad to say that the large safe that was II
the late fire of the warehouse of Darby Co., cor
ner of Baltimore and Howard streets, has beer
gotten out of the ruins and the contents compare
lively safe, including some $1,000. 1t was buried
deep in the fire for three or four days. 1t is &
good advertisement for the Miller safe. 1t i:
thought Messrs. Darby & Co. will lose but little
being fully insured. This is also a good lesson
for every one to be fully insured and that in the
best company they can find. We are always sub
iect to such fires and persons ought always to be
on the safe side. They owe this as we'll to them
selves as those to whom they may be indebted.
The City Council has been in session and con-
irmed most of Mayor Hodges's appointments
They adjourned until next Monday to have time
for considering important matters. 1t seems thai
the opposition to J. F. Morrison, warden of the
Jail, who has held that Office for some nine or ten
years, is not now SO violent it was, and he is
likely to make bold strike hereafter. Senator
German is now in the city and is thought to have
had influence in bringing this matter about. There
is no doubt of Mr.. Morrison being hard politica
nut to crack.
Mr. George Colton's commission of six years as
Police Commissioner expires towards the last Of
this month. That he has made a good officer all
admit and his actions have shown it. He has the
good opinion Of all parties and retires with honor
to himself and the people.
hear that William II. Travers is still very
feeble apd getting more so. The chances are that
he cannot survive many weeks or days. He still
keeps up his genial disposition.
The venerable Simon Cameron has returned
from the South in the enjoyment of his usual
health, though fatigued by the voyage. He is
now nearly in his ninetieth year.
The euogies in the House of Representatives
of which the late DIR. VIM. H. Cole, of Baltimore
was a member, were of deserved character. He
was certainly gentleman of great energy and he
merited all said of him. He was an active and
influential member of his party. He had many
very sincere and strong friends in this city and
elsewhere.
By recent news from Europe it appears that the
loss of life by the late earthquake in Italy and
other surrounding countries was between 900 and
700 persons. This has truly been year of disas-
tiers of this kind, as well in this other countries
also of severe floods and other things of this kind,
but we have no particular cause to murmur, for
they have been occurring more or less since we
have any knowledge of the worlds creation
They seem to be necessity consequent upon
creation. We know not the day nor the hour
when they may come upon US 1t is well, there
fore, to be always in readiness.
learn that Mr.. Henry Clay Dallam, whom l
ho;p
hope it may be my pleasure to hear of his perma-
nent recovery.
Mayor Hodges has gotten nearly well Of his
broken arm and he is daily at his office attending
to the city's business. He does, it seems to me,
the work of two men. Business, however, is his
forte. NEsToR.